- Seller Inventory #: 010151
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Cattermole, 'Phiz'
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press
- Place: London
- Keywords: INDIA PAPER
London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, no publication date. 12mo. Full red leather binding, decorated on the spine in gilt. Top edge gilt. Decorated pictorial endpapers with pictures of Dickens characters in blue. Printed on India Paper. 75 illustrations by Catermole and 'Phiz'. 714 pp. Wear top of spine, minor imperfections. Very good plus.. Reprint. Full Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Cattermole, 'Phiz'. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
reprint : Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
